Texans Join Iraqi Oil Workers in International Oil Action

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080219/pl_usnw/texans_join_iraqi_oil_workers_in_international_oil_action

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Big Three Oil Boycott to End the War against Exxon Mobil, Shell, and BP will take to the street on Saturday, February 23, in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas by the Dallas Peace Center and ConsumersforPeace.org as part of a two-day international action with oil workers in Iraq and demonstrators in England, Indiana and Washington, DC.

"We are thrilled to act in Dallas, home to Exxon Mobil, in solidarity with the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions as they protest in Basra and elsewhere in Iraq against the occupation and the attempt by Big Oil to ram an oil law through the Iraqi parliament that will harm the Iraqi people," said Hadi Jawad of the Dallas Peace Center. "It is very moving to be part of an action that involves thousands of people who want to see Iraq liberated from the tyranny of military occupation and Big Oil."

The Dallas/Fort Worth organizers will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. at Preston Road and Royal Lane in Dallas and then hold a rally at an Exxon Mobil station at that location and at stations at Jim Miller Rd and I-30 in East Dallas. The protestors, some dressed as pirates, will offer passers-by boycott cards giving guidance on alternatives to the three boycotted gasoline brands. The demonstrations are endorsed by Code Pink of Greater Dallas.

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"Oil companies are getting 20-30% more for their oil because of decreased Iraqi oil production and the volatility in world oil markets because of the war," said Mr. Jawad. "It is unconscionable that they be allowed to laugh all the way to the bank as the blood of thousands colors the desert sands of Iraq."

http://dallaspeacecenter.org/iraq/big3boycott